Journal: Engineering Costs and Production Economics

Found 244 papers in total
Persistent pitfalls and applicable approaches for justification of advanced manufacturing systems
1990,
This article focuses on main pitfalls/errors in application of traditional economic...
Employment policy for an inventory-holding labour-managed firm
1990,
Employment in the dividend-maximizing firm responds inversely to an increase in...
Characterization of production-inventory systems in the Hungarian industry
1990,
The paper reports the main characteristics of the production-inventory systems of...
Analysis of the logistic system of steel products in Poland
1990,
In Poland, steel products have often been in shortage while the average level of their...
Multiple projects-Multiple resources constrained scheduling: A multiobjective analysis
1989,
In real life situations, project organisations undertake simultaneous execution of...
A multiple objective programming framework for tradeoffs in project scheduling
1990,
This paper presents a multiple objective linear programming (MOLP) model for project...
Using timed Petri nets for the scheduling of job-shop systems
1989,
In this paper, the authors study the job-shop problem with repetitive demands in...
Minimizing a generalized quadratic penalty function of job completion times: An improved branch-and-bound approach
1990,
This paper considers the problem of minimizing a generalized quadratic penalty...
A network flow approach to optimal slack due-date determination
1990,
Cheng considers the problem of finding optimal slack due-dates in the context of...
Maximizing throughput in some simple time-constrained scheduling situations
1990,
This contribution focuses on some interesting phenomena occurring in scheduling...
Supply decisions for unknown linearly increasing demand
1989,
The paper considers the problem of a supplier faced with unknown but deterministic...
Quality management systems performance boundaries versus system demands
1989,
The intent of this paper is to present an approach to the problem of system...
Reducing the cost of quality through test data management
1989,
One of the best ways to improve the productivity of a manufacturing operation is...
Computer-aided test process models: What do they tell about test cost?
1989,
This paper provides an analysis of the variables that affect the cost of test and...
Quality costing: The lessons learnt from a study carried out in two phases
1989,
This paper reports the main findings of a research investigation into quality costing...
Managing for cost-effective purchased material quality
1989,
This paper addresses the issue of economically achieving the optimum quality level of...
A computer-automated statistical process control method with timely response
1990,
A wide variety of metrology instruments can now interface with computers to acquire...
Analytic Delphi Method (ADM): A strategic decision making model applied to location planning
1990,
Location decisions have a significant impact on the efficiency and success of an...
Models of sales expectations
1990,
Economists modeling firm-decisions generally have to assume that the firms form their...
Price discounting in multi-echelon distribution systems
1990,
Designing distribution systems requires two essential decisions, one strategic (i.e.,...
Inventory management in the manufacturing sector in developing countries
1990,
This paper examines the industrialisation policies adopted by developing countries and...
The determination of cost parameters to achieve optimum stockpiling
1990,
This paper deals with the use of cost parameters in optimization models. The...
Short-term finance and inventories
1990,
Short-term finance is an analysis of decisions that affect current assets and current...
Influence of the information system on inventory management
1990,
The paper analyses the influence of information on inventory management in an EDP...
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